Dr. Hans-Christian Kolberg on Safer Chemotherapy for Patients with HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer

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Hans-Christian Kolberg, MD, doctor of Medicine, Marien Hospital Bottrop in Bottrop, Germany, discusses neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, carboplatin, and weekly trastuzumab for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.

Hans-Christian Kolberg, MD, doctor of Medicine, Marien Hospital Bottrop in Bottrop, Germany, discusses neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, carboplatin, and weekly trastuzumab for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.

Holberg points out that the neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen is beneficial for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer because the toxicity is reversible. Stronger regimens with potentially greater toxicities should be saved for later use, should the patient experiences progression, he adds.

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